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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Question 118: How do I break up with someone?
Hi, Captain Awkward, My current boyfriend and I have been seeing each other since January of this year. To cut to the chase, I don’t know how to break up with him. When we first started dating he was exactly…
Short films in Chicago this Thursday
There are still a few seats left for the New Visions Film Festival this Thursday night in the South Loop. My film has a makeover montage that is a critique of makeover montages AND many awkward moments! Only $10 ($5…
Posted in Uncategorized
Question #117: How is this relationship like ill-fitting pants?
Dear Captain Awkward: Maybe you can help me untangle my brain? I’ve been dating a guy for eight months. We live about an hour apart, and made up for irregular facetime with hours-long phone calls. Then bad things happened in…
Tagged with: Commander Logic, horrible pants, ill-fitting pants
Posted in Dating, Overthinking It, Reader Questions, Relationships
Posted in Dating, Overthinking It, Reader Questions, Relationships
How to locate low-cost mental health care in the US and Canada (Guest Post!)
Long-time reader The Mental Health Mountie has compiled some recommendations for affordable mental health care for us. Hopefully you will find it useful. If you’ve tried any of these methods and can tell us how it went or if you can suggest…
Tagged with: finding mental health care, health care, low-cost health care, mental health, We <3 Canada
Posted in Mental Health
Posted in Mental Health
The Self-Centered Friend: Return of the Side-Eye (Question #115)
Dear Captain Awkward, I’ve been reading your column for a while, and am dearly in need of advice. To cut right to the chase, I have a friend. He is a lovely lovely person, but there are some things about…
Tagged with: Boundaries, Friendship, managing expectations, reciprocity, side-eye
Posted in Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
Posted in Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
Reader question #114: How do I reconnect with my estranged brother and help him form a relationship with his niece?
Dear Captain Awkward - I write for a reality check from you and your wise readers regarding the plan I have devised going forward with my brother. The backstory: my brother’s wife has chronic health problems, and some mental health…
Tagged with: Boundaries, brothers, making plans, murder by death, parents, rudeness, siblings
Posted in Families, Manners, Reader Questions
Posted in Families, Manners, Reader Questions
Question #113: How do I make plans with flaky San Francisco people?
Dear Captain Awkward: So I am a recentish transplant to San Francisco at 28. I have many acquaintances here from various parts of my life, as SF is one of those cities people just end up in. These people are…
Reader question #112: My mom wants to call herself my partners’ kid’s grandma.
Dear Captain, I’ve been part of a polyamorous triad (3-person relationship were everyone is in a relationship with each other) for a little over year now. It’s a serious and committed relationship. We’re in it for the long haul. My…
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